Maxx (band)

Maxx was a German Eurodance act who had major, albeit brief, international success in 1994.

After having already recorded a German cover version of Snow's "Informer", rapper Boris Köhler teamed up with the producer and songwriter Juergen Wind, Frank Hassas (Quickmix), David Brunner (Hitman) and Jeglitza to produce "Get-A-Way". Jeglitza moved on to other projects. Köhler, under the stage name of Gary B, performed the ragamuffin rap, and a female singer Samira Besic produced the vocals for the chorus. It was a dancefloor hit all over Europe, peaking at No. 11 at their home of Germany,^[1] while entering the top-5 in the UK, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands, the single entered the top-10 in Switzerland and Norway.^[2][3] "Get-A-Way" eventually reached a Gold status in Germany for selling over 250,000,^[4] and in the UK, it was certified with a Silver-certification-award for selling over 200,000 units.^[5] Samira Besic, who had at the peak of Maxx's career left the act for a solo career, was replaced by Linda Meek.

The second single "No More (I Can't Stand It)" which was as successful as its predecessor, entered the top-10 in Germany, UK, Austria and Norway, while entering the top-5 in The Netherlands and Sweden.^[2][6][7] The third single "You Can Get It" followed, as well as the album entitled To the Maxximum, but their success was short-lived. The fourth single "I Can Make You Feel Like" off the same album was a flop charting only in UK at No. 56,^[2] and another single released in 1995 called "Move Your Body" managed to chart only in Austria peaking at No. 18 and in Finland at No.16.^[8]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		GER [9]	AUT [10]	NETH [11]	SWE [12]	SWI [13]	UK [2]
To the Maxximum	Released: 1994 Label: Blow Up Formats: CD, Cassette, Vinyl	22	32	25	10	29	66

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications	Album
		GER [14]	AUT [10]	FRA [15]	NETH [16]	NOR [17]	SWE [12]	SWI [18]	UK [2]
"Get-a-Way"	1994	11	3	15	3	8	8	3	4	GER: Gold[4] UK: Silver[5]	To the Maxximum
"No More (I Can't Stand It)"		10	9	16	6	8	12	4	8
"You Can Get It"		-	25	28	32	-	-	37	21
"I Can Make You Feel Like"	1995	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56
"Move Your Body"		-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-		Non-album single

References

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2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Chartstats: Maxx". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=7079. Retrieved 2011-07-23. 
3. ^ "Maxx: Get-A-Away". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Maxx&titel=Get%2DA%2DWay&cat=s. Retrieved 2010-07-02. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "German certifications – Maxx" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=Maxx&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 2011-07-23. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Certified Awards Search". BPI. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-27. 
6. ^ "Charts.de: Top 100 Single (June 20, 1994)". Media Control. Charts.at. http://www.charts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1994&date=19940620&x=27&y=12. Retrieved 2011-07-23. 
7. ^ "Maxx: No More (I Can't Stand It)". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Maxx&titel=No+More+%28I+Can%27t+Stand+It%29&cat=s. Retrieved 2010-07-02. 
8. ^ "Austrian and Finnish positions on the Single Move Your Body". austriancharts.at. http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Maxx&titel=Move+Your+Body&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-12-27. 
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15. ^ "lescharts.com: Maxx (Singles)". Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Maxx&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved 2011-07-23. 
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